An ICO spokesperson said: “We have today written to Google to confirm our findings relating to the update of the company’s privacy policy. In our letter we confirm that its updated privacy policy raises serious questions about its compliance with the UK Data Protection Act. “In particular, we believe that the updated policy does not…
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Google Glass Explainer Too Little for Privacy-Sensitive Congressman
Joanna Stern reports: The co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus today expressed disappointment with Google’s response to his petition for the technology company to address and explain its Google Glass privacy policies. “I am disappointed in the responses we received from Google,” Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said in a statement released today. “There were…
Privacy class actions: Current trends and new frontiers in 2013
David F. McDowell, D. Reed Freeman Jr., and Jacob M. Harper, Morrison & Foerster LLP write: While we have seen a new wave of privacy class actions, the issues facing the federal courts are the same: how to reconcile an inarticulable discomfort with data methods asserted in privacy class actions with their constitutional mandate to…
IAB lashes out at Mozilla
Mozilla’s recent announcement that it was moving ahead with Do Not Track has been met with a somewhat predictable response. From IAB’s CEO and President Randall Rothenberg: Mozilla is obviously a very factionalized organization. It’s like mob rule. It’s very difficult if you’re a rational player. We like to think of ourselves at IAB as…